![Madhya Pradesh HC Warns DRI for Contempt Over Frozen Accounts Despite Stay [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Madhya-Pradesh-HC-DRI-DRI-for-Contempt-Over-Frozen-Accounts-taxscan.jpg "Madhya Pradesh HC Warns DRI for Contempt Over Frozen Accounts Despite Stay [Read Order]")
Madhya Pradesh HC Warns DRI for Contempt Over Frozen Accounts Despite Stay [Read Order]
The Madhya Pradesh High Court directed the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) to comply immediately or face harsh penalties for contempt...
![Finance Ministry Raises Customs Tariff Value of Gold [Read Notification]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Mere-Equivalent-Purity-Foreign-Gold-Criteria-Hold-Melted-Gold-Gold-Foreign-Origin-CESTAT-TAXSCAN.jpg "Finance Ministry Raises Customs Tariff Value of Gold [Read Notification]")
![Customs Dept must distinguish ‘Jewellery’ & ‘Personal ‘Jewellery’ while Considering Seizure: Delhi HC Orders Release of Gold on Condition of Re-Export [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Personal-gold-seized-1.jpg "Customs Dept must distinguish ‘Jewellery’ & ‘Personal ‘Jewellery’ while Considering Seizure: Delhi HC Orders Release of Gold on Condition of Re-Export [Read Order]")
![Customs Dept Fails to issue SCN in Time: Delhi HC Directs Release of Gold Seized from Minor at IGI Airport [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/CESTAT-SEZ-Act-No-Confiscation-of-Seized-Gold-Merely-LOA-Special-Economic-Zone-Noida-Special-Economic-Zone-NSEZ-DTA-Domestic-Tariff-Area-Allahabad-Bench-of-the-CESTAT-Taxscan.jpg "Customs Dept Fails to issue SCN in Time: Delhi HC Directs Release of Gold Seized from Minor at IGI Airport [Read Order]")
![CBIC declares Dholera in Gujarat as Authorized Customs Location for Import and Export [Read Notification]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Ministry-of-Finance-Foreign-Exchange-Rates-Import-and-Export-TAXSCAN.jpg "CBIC declares Dholera in Gujarat as Authorized Customs Location for Import and Export [Read Notification]")
CESTAT Favors Berger Paints: Ethyl Benzene Recognized as Xylene Isomer in Customs Classification Dispute [Read Order]
In a significant ruling made by the Kolkata bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), the tribunal held that Ethyl Benzene qualifies as a Xylene isomer for the...
![CESTAT Favors Berger Paints: Ethyl Benzene Recognized as Xylene Isomer in Customs Classification Dispute [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Berger-Paints.jpg "CESTAT Favors Berger Paints: Ethyl Benzene Recognized as Xylene Isomer in Customs Classification Dispute [Read Order]")
CESTAT Lacks Jurisdiction on Appeal Over Goods Imported or Exported as Domestic Baggage as per S. 129A(1) of Customs Act [Read Order]
Recently, the Chennai Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) clarified that there cannot be a presumption that the baggage that is carried by a person arriving from a domestic...
![CESTAT Lacks Jurisdiction on Appeal Over Goods Imported or Exported as Domestic Baggage as per S. 129A(1) of Customs Act [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Bag-jpg.jpg "CESTAT Lacks Jurisdiction on Appeal Over Goods Imported or Exported as Domestic Baggage as per S. 129A(1) of Customs Act [Read Order]")
Kannada Actress Ranya Rao Arrested for Smuggling ₹12.56 Crore Worth of Gold at Bengaluru Airport
Kannada actress Ranya Rao was arrested at Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport for attempting to illegally bring in a staggering 14.2 kilograms of gold worth Rs. 12.56 crore. The Directorate...
Repeated Placing and Removing from Call Book, Not a valid justification for Non-Adjudication of Customs SCN for 15 years: Delhi HC [Read Order]
In a recent case, the Delhi High Court ruled that repeated placing and removing from the call book is not a valid justification for non-adjudication of the impugned SCN for about 15 years. Tilak...
![Repeated Placing and Removing from Call Book, Not a valid justification for Non-Adjudication of Customs SCN for 15 years: Delhi HC [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Delhi-High-Court-SCN-Show-cause-notice-Delhi-HC-on-Call-Book-misuse-TAXSCAN.jpg "Repeated Placing and Removing from Call Book, Not a valid justification for Non-Adjudication of Customs SCN for 15 years: Delhi HC [Read Order]")
